Watch box pad



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WATCH BOX- PAD Filed June 15, 1944.

R m m m Samuel Flier wiinesses I Jiforne .5

Patented Aug. 13, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATCH BOX PAD Samuel Flier, Springfield, Mass.

Application June 13, 1944, Serial No. 540,047

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to pads for watch and jewelry boxes and to a method of making the same.

Pads currently used are made as follows: a piece of pasteboard is die-cut to appropriate shape and dimensions, it is then assembled, and finally covered by hand with suitable material such as velveteen.

The pad forming the subject matter of the present invention is made in the following way: a piece of pasteboard is scored or grooved in accordance with a predetermined pattern, it is covered with velveteen or other suitable material, and finally die-cut.

The new method is quicker and cheaper, saving both labor and material.

It is the object of the present invention to produce such pad and the method of making the same.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal, vertical section of the pad, shown in assembled or folded position in a watch box, carrying a strap Wrist watch;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pad, shown in assembled condition;

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a plan View of the pad in unassembled or unfolded condition; and

Figure 5 is a bottom view of the pad in unassembled or unfolded condition.

The pad l8 herein claimed is made of pasteboard or other suitable material, covered with a coverin H of velveteen or similar material. It is made as follows:

A piece of pasteboard is scored or grooved on its under surface with spaced parallel grooves or score lines l2 as shown in Figure 5. The top surface of the pasteboard is now covered with velveteen or other suitable textile or other material. The velveteen-covered pasteboard is now die-cut to the shape shown in Figures 4 and 5, that is, to two end to end rectangular portions, the head portion I3 being larger, at least in width, than the foot portion I4. The side edges l5 of head portion I3 are spaced from and parallel to grooves I2 and are coextensive therewith. The side edges l6 of foot portion l 4 are in line, respectively with said grooves. The portions between the grooves and side edges l5 comprise flaps I5a which may be bent over as hereinafter described.

As part of the die-cut process or as part of the grooving or scoring process above mentioned, the pasteboard is scored with two oppositely disposed pairs of spaced, parallel score lines. The upper line Ila of each of these pairs of score lines coincides with the line at which head portion I 3 and foot portion l4 meet. The lower line I lb is in the foot portion.

Also as part of the die-cut process, a U-shaped cut I8 is made in the foot portion, the yoke portion l9 thereof joining score lines ll'a with each other, the arm portion 20 joining one of the score lines Ha with one of the score lines Ill), and the other of the score lines lid with the other of the score lines Ill).

The pad is now ready to be folded and inserted into box 25. It is folded on groove lines 12 and score lines lid and Ill), as shown in Figure 2. Head portion I3 becomes an elevated platform member, supported by downturned flaps l5a and by the downturned members llc formed between score lines Ila and Ill). The tongue lBa which is formed by U cut I8 now lies underneath the platform member, on a plane with foot portion M. The net result is a rectangular shaped aperture 2| formed between downturned members He.

The pad as shown in Figure 2 is now inserted into box 25 as shown in Figure -1. The watch strap 26 carrying the buckle is laid on the elevated portion, the watch proper '2! on the foot portion, and the apertured strap 23 is turned under the watch and inserted into aperture 2|,

The embodiment herein described and the method of making the same are not intended to limit the invention to the specific features disclosed. Modifications both of the article and of the method are possible within the broad principles of the invention and are here contemplated.

A used in the claims hereto appended, the word scoring is intended to include "grooving as well as scoring.

I claim:

A jewelry pad blank having a wide and narrow portion comprising a sheet of pasteboard and a fabric covering on the top side of said pasteboard, a pair of parallel score lines in said wide portion of said pasteboard extending longitudinally thereof adjacent its side edges to form a pair of flaps which may be folded downwardly, additional parallel score lines in said narrow portion of said pasteboard extending transversely thereof immediately adjacent said wide portion to form a step portion, and a U-shaped cut in both the pasteboard and the fabric covering thereon between the last mentioned score lines with the base of the U-shaped cut coinciding with the transverse score line nearest said wide portion to form an opening in said step portion.

SAMUEL FLIER, 

